A balance might be achieved, like in iTunes. DRM music that you can burn to CD and do anything you want with.
OK DRM is bad, but at least iTunes gives you an explicit way around, should you want it. Just about meets with the music industry requirements and fair use for the consumer - a tight rope walking act.
It's possible that this balancing act could continue when iFlicks (or whatever) comes in.
No, I don't think so. Ignoring the huge sweeping generalisations that are bound to happen in this thread, I add my own -
Peaople of a certain mindset:
When you can't pirate something you buy it or don't use it. Apple gains in hardware and software sales.
When you can pirate something you use it for free. Apple gains in... marketshare. Nope, this won't work anymore.
Apple is a Hardware and Software vendor. When MS 'allowed' Windows 3.1/95 to be copied so freely (read without restriction) they were, and with a few exceptions still are, a Software company only. Apple has the additional issue of not selling much Mac hardware now until the Intel Mac comes out, surviving on reserves, software and the iPod.
Apple has a lot more to lose if it tries this. That and the world has moved on; these are different times.
I love the way my GP post is modded as Funny - that's funny in and of itself;) Abandoning your country of birth due to the decline of society and the increase of draconion laws is funny?
kt0157, my country of choice is also Canada.
"I get these dead-eyed faces looking at me and there's an awkward silence.
I've given up saying "Britain is getting oppressive" and now just say "I want to go somewhere with lots of space and nicer weather" and people smile and say "yes, what a lovely idea.""
I know exactly what you mean, I've found the same. People here seem to think the vanishing freedoms are either OK or enivitable - and if you want something more, greater freedom, that you're strange.
This is one, of the many, factors that has led to my decision to leave the UK.
I've had enough of the UK following the US into wars, the new laws that have nothing to do with terrorism and more to do with monitoring citizens - and stupid expensive schemes like the ID cards. These are a couple of the tin foil reasons, a lot more is about the way the society in the UK is going; I don't want my daughter brought up here.
I've got my visa from my country of choice, I just need to sell up and move now.
BTW I've written to my MP, my MEP, about this issue and IP laws - have you other UK slashdotters?
"At present, providing enough battery life is a problem. But battery technology is improving all the time, and Mr Bryant does not see it as a major obstacle."
I'm 32, I've a daughter who is a little young yet for playing games but she loves to watch them. Mario games are ideal for her... and me.
Just because the game features Mario doesn't make the game 'just for kids', the gameplay is often great. The Mario prefix does mean it is suitable for kids as well and that's fine.
15,000 workstations is small compared to 130,000 - but no matter. The real issues with patches are the servers. Scheduling and testing reboots on 1000's of servers is different than a single 4 way cluster server.
I'd never call you a simpleton - I don't know you - I'm pointing out that reboots are a real problem and a real cost; and one not to be underestimated.
Sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about.
Redundant servers for everything isn't possible - but that's mostly moot anyway.
It is difficult to stagger reboots when you're talking about thousands of servers all over the country managed from one location.
OK, the reboot is easy, after all switching crap off is simple:)
Making sure everything comes back up and is doing the job it is supposed to be doing is harder, fixing broken server boxes all over the country is harder still.
By the time you get all this right you'll find Microsoft has released more critical patches. Happy happy joy joy.
"Kangro also points out the report doesn't mention costs associated with rebooting systems after a patch is applied."
This is a really underated cost that not many people include or even consider. The environment I work in has a few thousand servers and 130K desktops; all running a mix of 2K, 2003, XP - and other Windows flavors. (Like that's my choice).
The reboots after patching are a major pain, everything needs to be checked and always, and I mean ALWAYS, some servers will fail to come back up.
Really? Where do you have that from? I see no mention of Microsoft.
On the website when I click on 'Members' it lists:
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
This page lists the OASIS members currently on this TC's membership roster. People with the role of Member, TC Chair, or Secretary are voting members of the TC. Prospective Members will become voting members after attending the first meeting of the TC or by completing a probationary period. Person Organization Role Tom Magliery Blast Radius Inc. Voting Member Nathaniel Borenstein IBM Voting Member - Probation Xiaowei Hu IBM Voting Member - Probation Gary Edwards Individual Voting Member David Faure Individual Voting Member Patrick Durusau Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Voting Member Michael Brauer Sun Microsystems* TC Chair Lars Oppermann Sun Microsystems* Secretary
In an effort to end your insanity - the Oxford English Dictionary entry:
Virus
Etymology: a. L. virus slimy liquid, poison, offensive odour or taste. Hence also Fr., Sp., Pg. virus. 1 Venom, such as is emitted by a poisonous animal. Also fig.
2 Path. a A morbid principle or poisonous substance produced in the body as the result of some disease, esp. one capable of being introduced into other persons or animals by inoculations or otherwise and of developing the same disease in them. Now superseded by the next sense.
b Pl. viruses.
An infectious organism that is usu. submicroscopic, can multiply only inside certain living host cells (in many cases causing disease) and is now understood to be a non-cellular structure lacking any intrinsic metabolism and usually comprising a DNA or RNA core inside a protein coat (see also quot. 1977). [ Formerly referred to as filterable viruses, their first distinguishing characteristic being the ability to pass through filters that retained bacteria. ]
If WinXP works for you, great. Stick with it and go about your day happy. The fact you are asking shows there is something making you consider a change - even if it is just curiosity.
Know yourself, why you are asking, before posting to./ or you're sailing close to flame and troll land.
I think you may have missed the point of the post, the story is advertising Slashdot jumping the shark.
Well OK maybe not, but this is a fluff piece at best, self advertising at worst. Plus the prize is US only so it cuts out a lot if interest right away.
I've used Blogger, Movable Type, Livejournal and WordPress; so I thought I'd give it a try and see what 'Spaces' was like.
On my WordPress blog, http://www.creationrobot.com/, I give a brief rundown of what features it offers and what it is like to use. I also give my verdict on wether this can compete against its target - Blogger.
In summery, it can. For the mass market Microsoft have put together a simple to use blog. It's easier and offers more than Blogger.
Spaces annoyed the hell out of me though - it wasn't customisable and it is utterly Microsoft centric (for example the music list has to come from WMP). But then I'm not its target audience - Nascar loving Joe Public is, and they will like it for its Apple-like simplicity.
Slashdot Mirror
Perhaps, but perhaps not.
A balance might be achieved, like in iTunes. DRM music that you can burn to CD and do anything you want with.
OK DRM is bad, but at least iTunes gives you an explicit way around, should you want it. Just about meets with the music industry requirements and fair use for the consumer - a tight rope walking act.
It's possible that this balancing act could continue when iFlicks (or whatever) comes in.
I doubt that you're going to get a definitive answer until the MacTels are released.
The chip is in *some* of the dev kits. That's all we know for sure. The rest is rumour.
Is it on all dev kits?
Is it enabled?
Is it enforced if enabled?
Will it make it onto the released kit?
Simple answer: Dunno.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/A ppleStore.woa/71907/wo/mt4XAa7wKNNt2aPuiN62RSUVTsL /0.0.11.1.0.6.15.0.3.1.3.0.3.1.3.1.1.0
Anyone got troll spray, they're still around. I'm hoping they won't breed.
I don't think designers are lacking in OSS, I think respect for designers is though.
Design is considered to late in the OSS lifecycle*, if it is considered at all, it is something that needs to change.
*Gross genralisation, I'll get me coat.
"Given that there were 15 Saudis among the 19 hijackers who commanded the airplanes in the September 11 attack"1 .htm
http://uspolitics.org/student/terrorism/terrorism
I'm sure any link provided for you will not be good enough so you will need to DYOR to confirm this.
No, I don't think so. Ignoring the huge sweeping generalisations that are bound to happen in this thread, I add my own -
... marketshare. Nope, this won't work anymore.
Peaople of a certain mindset:
When you can't pirate something you buy it or don't use it. Apple gains in hardware and software sales.
When you can pirate something you use it for free. Apple gains in
Apple is a Hardware and Software vendor. When MS 'allowed' Windows 3.1/95 to be copied so freely (read without restriction) they were, and with a few exceptions still are, a Software company only. Apple has the additional issue of not selling much Mac hardware now until the Intel Mac comes out, surviving on reserves, software and the iPod.
Apple has a lot more to lose if it tries this. That and the world has moved on; these are different times.
I love the way my GP post is modded as Funny - that's funny in and of itself ;) Abandoning your country of birth due to the decline of society and the increase of draconion laws is funny?
kt0157, my country of choice is also Canada.
"I get these dead-eyed faces looking at me and there's an awkward silence.
I've given up saying "Britain is getting oppressive" and now just say "I want to go somewhere with lots of space and nicer weather" and people smile and say "yes, what a lovely idea.""
I know exactly what you mean, I've found the same. People here seem to think the vanishing freedoms are either OK or enivitable - and if you want something more, greater freedom, that you're strange.
Good luck on your application!
This is one, of the many, factors that has led to my decision to leave the UK.
I've had enough of the UK following the US into wars, the new laws that have nothing to do with terrorism and more to do with monitoring citizens - and stupid expensive schemes like the ID cards. These are a couple of the tin foil reasons, a lot more is about the way the society in the UK is going; I don't want my daughter brought up here.
I've got my visa from my country of choice, I just need to sell up and move now.
BTW I've written to my MP, my MEP, about this issue and IP laws - have you other UK slashdotters?
So what will Microsoft be offering in IE7 that is new, and not just a take on Mozilla/Firefox/Opera?
It seems to me that Microsoft is only playing catch up, has invention died over in Redmond?
Why would people move back to IE even after the release of IE7? I'm guessing they won't and this is for those that won't or can't move from IE.
For the love of everything you hold dear stop republishing the views of Dvorak.
A stopped clock tells the right time twice a day - spouting enough rubbish predictions year on year means you eventually get something right.
All of this is Dvorak promotion.
"At present, providing enough battery life is a problem. But battery technology is improving all the time, and Mr Bryant does not see it as a major obstacle."
/.
/ 01/220226
Clearly this guy doesn't read
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/06
Batteries are a limiting problem and may well continue to be for some time to come.
That should be Welsh - not Welch. Sigh. Way to offend an entire nation :P
Exactly right.
... and me.
I'm 32, I've a daughter who is a little young yet for playing games but she loves to watch them. Mario games are ideal for her
Just because the game features Mario doesn't make the game 'just for kids', the gameplay is often great. The Mario prefix does mean it is suitable for kids as well and that's fine.
Makes business sense to me.
15,000 workstations is small compared to 130,000 - but no matter. The real issues with patches are the servers. Scheduling and testing reboots on 1000's of servers is different than a single 4 way cluster server.
I'd never call you a simpleton - I don't know you - I'm pointing out that reboots are a real problem and a real cost; and one not to be underestimated.
Sorry but you have no clue what you are talking about.
:)
Redundant servers for everything isn't possible - but that's mostly moot anyway.
It is difficult to stagger reboots when you're talking about thousands of servers all over the country managed from one location.
OK, the reboot is easy, after all switching crap off is simple
Making sure everything comes back up and is doing the job it is supposed to be doing is harder, fixing broken server boxes all over the country is harder still.
By the time you get all this right you'll find Microsoft has released more critical patches. Happy happy joy joy.
"Kangro also points out the report doesn't mention costs associated with rebooting systems after a patch is applied."
This is a really underated cost that not many people include or even consider. The environment I work in has a few thousand servers and 130K desktops; all running a mix of 2K, 2003, XP - and other Windows flavors. (Like that's my choice).
The reboots after patching are a major pain, everything needs to be checked and always, and I mean ALWAYS, some servers will fail to come back up.
It's costly stuff...
Really? Where do you have that from? I see no mention of Microsoft.
On the website when I click on 'Members' it lists:
OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC
This page lists the OASIS members currently on this TC's membership roster. People with the role of Member, TC Chair, or Secretary are voting members of the TC. Prospective Members will become voting members after attending the first meeting of the TC or by completing a probationary period.
Person Organization Role
Tom Magliery Blast Radius Inc. Voting Member
Nathaniel Borenstein IBM Voting Member - Probation
Xiaowei Hu IBM Voting Member - Probation
Gary Edwards Individual Voting Member
David Faure Individual Voting Member
Patrick Durusau Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Voting Member
Michael Brauer Sun Microsystems* TC Chair
Lars Oppermann Sun Microsystems* Secretary
In an effort to end your insanity - the Oxford English Dictionary entry:
Virus
Etymology: a. L. virus slimy liquid, poison, offensive odour or taste. Hence also Fr., Sp., Pg. virus.
1 Venom, such as is emitted by a poisonous animal. Also fig.
2 Path. a A morbid principle or poisonous substance produced in the body as the result of some disease, esp. one capable of being introduced into other persons or animals by inoculations or otherwise and of developing the same disease in them. Now superseded by the next sense.
b Pl. viruses.
An infectious organism that is usu. submicroscopic, can multiply only inside certain living host cells (in many cases causing disease) and is now understood to be a non-cellular structure lacking any intrinsic metabolism and usually comprising a DNA or RNA core inside a protein coat (see also quot. 1977). [ Formerly referred to as filterable viruses, their first distinguishing characteristic being the ability to pass through filters that retained bacteria. ]
Why are you asking?
./ or you're sailing close to flame and troll land.
If WinXP works for you, great. Stick with it and go about your day happy. The fact you are asking shows there is something making you consider a change - even if it is just curiosity.
Know yourself, why you are asking, before posting to
Anicdotal and pointless, but Expose works perfect on my 1GHZ 15 PB with Tiger installed. Perhaps it is due to you running Tiger off your iPod...
That's great up until someone releases malware inside your network. On corporate networks, often 100k plus desktops, it will happen.
SP2 isn't useless, it is manditory, but a serious pig to apply in the corporate environment. You are short sighted to think otherwise.
Wish I had mod points. Very funny indeed.
Glad you found my list handy :)
I think you may have missed the point of the post, the story is advertising Slashdot jumping the shark.
Well OK maybe not, but this is a fluff piece at best, self advertising at worst. Plus the prize is US only so it cuts out a lot if interest right away.
Nothing to see here, move along.
On my WordPress blog, http://www.creationrobot.com/, I give a brief rundown of what features it offers and what it is like to use. I also give my verdict on wether this can compete against its target - Blogger.
In summery, it can. For the mass market Microsoft have put together a simple to use blog. It's easier and offers more than Blogger.
Spaces annoyed the hell out of me though - it wasn't customisable and it is utterly Microsoft centric (for example the music list has to come from WMP). But then I'm not its target audience - Nascar loving Joe Public is, and they will like it for its Apple-like simplicity.
Expect this built into Messenger soon.